Open Court Vocabulary, Unit 4, part 1
Fossils Tell of Long Ago, The Dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard,
Dinosaur Fossils
by Noelia Esparza, Loma Verde Elementary
El Paso Texas
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Vocabulary Definition
a yellowish sap from plants thathardens and becomes a fossilpage 21
10 pointsVocabulary Word
What is amber?
Vocabulary Definition
a plant, animal, or imprint that hasturned to stonepage 15
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What is a fossil?
Vocabulary Definition
not alive today; all members of the the group or species have diedoutpage 23
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What is extinct?
Vocabulary Definition
swampy forest soil
page 18
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What is peat?
Vocabulary Definition
an animal that looked like anelephant and lived millions of years ago
page 20
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What is a mammoth?
Vocabulary Definition
broke out of an egg
page 30
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What is hatched?
Vocabulary Definition
the area around your home
page 32
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What is neighborhood?
Vocabulary Definition
an area of wet land
page 35
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What is a swamp?
Vocabulary Definition
to save someone who is in danger of harm
page 36
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What is to rescue?
Vocabulary Definition
hardened remains of an animalor plant that lived long ago
page 42
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What is a fossil?
Vocabulary Definition
became solid
page 42
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What is hardened ?
Vocabulary Definition
people who study things innature
page 44
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What are scientists ?
Vocabulary Definition
not easy
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What is difficult ?
Vocabulary Definition
no longer living, all the members of that group have died out
page 51
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What is extinct ?
Comprehension
A fossil is ….
see page 15
10 pointsAnswer
What is a plant or animal thathas turned to stone?
The parts of the fish thatrotted away …see page 16
Comprehension
10 pointsAnswer
What is the soft parts of thefish?
The mud that the fish is covered with slowly turns to …page 16
Comprehension
10 pointsAnswer
What is rock?
The dinosaur would have madethe neighborhood shake likepudding because he was so …
Comprehension
10 pointsAnswer
What is heavy?
How could you know for sureif a dinosaur really lived in theboys backyard …
Comprehension
10 pointsAnswer
What is find a fossil of a dinosaur?
The dinosaur had a very long neck so it could …
see page 36
Comprehension
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What is reach the leaves atthe top of the trees?
Comprehension50 points
When the dinosaur lived in the neighborhood, the town was …
page 35
Answer50 points
What is a swamp?
Comprehension50 points
What is left of a plant or animal thatlived long ago is called …
page 42
Answer50 points
What is a fossil?
Comprehension50 points
A fossil is formed when a deadplant or animal …
page 43
Answer50 points
What is hardens?
Comprehension50 points
Scientists can study the soft parts of an animal only when the animal is…
What is when an animal’swhole body is frozen very quickly?
Answer50 points
Comprehension10 points
Scientists who study fossils are called…
What is paleontologists?
Answer10 points